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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this Congress. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for a detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available). The programme is preliminary and subject to change!

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 23rd Aug 2025, 12:46:16pm WEST

To register for the Conference, please navigate to www.IMWA2025.info/registration.

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Session Overview

Date: Friday, 04/July/2025
10:00am - 11:00pm	Pre-Conference Field Trip Day 1 Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip Bus stop 1 (10:00 o'clock) Train Station Estación del Norte Bus stop 2 (10:10 o'clock) Bus Stop Argüelles Street, 2 (almost in front of EXE Hotel El Magistral)

Date: Saturday, 05/July/2025
8:20am - 11:00pm	Pre-Conference Field Trip Day 2 Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip 08:20 Bus stop 1 pick-up 08:30 Bus stop 2 pick-up

Date: Sunday, 06/July/2025
8:30am - 4:30pm	Pre-Conference Field Trip Day 3 Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip
9:00am - 1:00pm	Short Course 1 – Charles Cravotta Location: Room 1.15 (SC1) PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat water-quality modeling workshop	Short Course 3 – Mike Müller Location: Room 1.16 (SC3) Modelling Hydrodynamics and Water Quality of Pit Lakes with PITLAKQ	Short Course 4 – Kirk Nordstrom, Ann Maest Location: Room 1.17 (SC4) Five easy pieces: Case studies that implement models for better characterization and remediation	Short Course 5 – Lloyd Townley Location: Room 1.18 (SC5) The use of GoldSim simulation software to support integrated water management on mine sites
1:00pm - 2:00pm	LUNCH Location: Lunch not covered; you're free to lunch around the Campus
2:00pm - 5:30pm	Short Course 1 – Charles Cravotta Location: Room 1.15 (SC1)	Short Course 3 – Mike Müller Location: Room 1.16 (SC3)	Short Course 4 – Kirk Nordstrom, Ann Maest Location: Room 1.17 (SC4)	Short Course 5 – Lloyd Townley Location: Room 1.18 (SC5)
6:00pm - 7:30pm	Ice Breaker Party Location: Migaitas Salão Champagne

Date: Monday, 07/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 10:00am	OPENING CEREMONY Location: A1
10:00am - 10:40am	KeyNote 1 – “Between GEOLOGY and GEOPOLITICS: Mineral CRITICALITY”; Daniel Oliveira, LNEG Location: A1 Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
10:40am - 11:20am	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 1:00pm	S01 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Chair: Margarida Horta Antunes	S02 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A2 Chair: Paula Marinho Reis	S03 - Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water Location: A3 Chair: Patrícia Gomes
1:00pm - 2:20pm	LUNCH Location: Main Hall
2:20pm - 4:00pm	S04 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Chair: Anne Gädeke	S05 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Chair: Teresa Maria Valente	S06 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A3 Chair: Elke Mugova	S07 - Mine water and water resources management Location: A4 Chair: Kym Lesley Morton
4:00pm - 4:40pm	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
4:40pm - 5:40pm	S08 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Chair: Charles A Cravotta III	S09 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Chair: Ana Raquel Barroso	S10 - Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water Location: A3 Chair: Mark Lund
5:40pm - 6:00pm	EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
6:00pm - 8:00pm	Mine water and the environment - associate editor and editorial board meeting Location: A1 Chair: Robert Lawrence Kleinmann Room 0.17

Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 9:40am	KeyNote 2 – “Sustainable Water Management in a Mining Operation; interactions and challenges from the surface to the underground. Case Study Neves Corvo”; Mafalda Oliveira, Somincor Location: A1 Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
9:40am - 10:40am	S11 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Chair: Nils Hoth	S12 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Chair: Ann Maest	S13 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A3 Chair: Michael Drobniewski	S14 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water Location: A4 Chair: Florian Hahn
10:40am - 11:20am	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 1:00pm	S15 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Chair: Kym Lesley Morton	S16 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions Location: A2 Chair: Maria Clara Costa	S17 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A3 Chair: Joana Fonseca Araújo	S18 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water Location: A4 Chair: Maria Almudena Ordóñez Alonso
1:00pm - 2:20pm	LUNCH Location: Main Hall
2:20pm - 4:00pm	S19 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Chair: Maria Almudena Ordóñez Alonso	S20 - Mine Water and Climate Dynamics Location: A2 Chair: Duk-Min Kim	S21 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A3 Chair: Andrew Clifford Johnstone	S22 - Active Mine Water Treatment Location: A4 Chair: Magdalena Worsa-Kozak
4:00pm - 4:40pm	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
4:40pm - 5:40pm	S23 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Chair: Lloyd Richard Townley	S24 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A2 Chair: Rodrigo Jr Embile	S25 - Mine water and water resources management Location: A3 Chair: Tamara Rae Diedrich
5:40pm - 6:20pm	POSTER SESSION Location: Main Hall We are awarding the best student poster presentation a 500 € cash prize. Help us to find the best poster by visiting this web page during the conference: https://imwa2025.info/bestposter
6:20pm - 8:00pm	IMWA EC Meeting Location: Room 0.17
6:20pm - 9:00pm	Early Career Evening Location: Main Hall

Date: Wednesday, 09/July/2025
8:00am - 6:00pm	Mid-Conference Field Trips Location: Mid-Conference Field Trips Meeting point is in Main Hall of the venue.
1:00pm - 6:00pm	Mid-Conference Field Trips - Cultural visits Location: Mid-Conference Field Trips

Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 9:40am	KeyNote 3 – “PCBs in the Mining Environment 2.0 – From Silver Bullet to Dirty Dozen”; Chris Wolkersdorfer, Tshwane University of Technology Location: A1
9:40am - 10:40am	S26 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Chair: Eduardo De Miguel	S27 - Tailings and Tailings Ponds Location: A2	S28 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions Location: A3 Chair: Danie Vermeulen	S29 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A4 Chair: Rens Verburg
10:40am - 11:20am	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 1:00pm	S30 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Chair: Adrian Brown	S31 - Tailings and Tailings Ponds Location: A2 Chair: Larry Breckenridge	S32 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions Location: A3 Chair: Rita Maria Ferreira Fonseca	S33 - Mine water and water resources management Location: A4 Chair: Linda Figueroa
1:00pm - 2:20pm	LUNCH Location: Main Hall
2:20pm - 4:00pm	S34 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A1 Chair: Patrícia Gomes	S35 - Case Studies Location: A2 Chair: Mariana Werle	S36 - Mine Water and Climate Dynamics Location: A3 Chair: Robert Lawrence Kleinmann	S37 - Active Mine Water Treatment Location: A4 Chair: Ritva Muhlbauer
4:00pm - 4:40pm	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
4:40pm - 5:40pm	S38 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A1 Chair: Hernan Flores	S39 - Case Studies Location: A2 Chair: Małgorzata Szlachta	S40 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A3 Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
8:00pm - 10:00pm	CONFERENCE DINNER Location: Meliá Braga

Date: Friday, 11/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 9:40am	KeyNote 4 – “Alternative and sustainable dewatering technologies for sludge treatment, from comminution and washing processes of the extractive industry – Gouvães case study”; Nuno Faria, DST Group Location: A1 Chair: Margarida Horta Antunes
9:40am - 10:40am	S41 - Tailings and Tailings Ponds Location: A1 Chair: Rodrigo Alvarez	S42 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A2 Chair: Elke Mugova	S43 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A3 Chair: Paula Marinho Reis
10:40am - 11:20am	COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 12:00pm	KeyNote 5 – “A Hydrogeochemist’s Mindful Toolkit: Conceptualization, Characterization, and modeling of Mine Sites Producing Acid Mine Drainage”; Kirk Nordstrom, US Geological Survey Location: A1 Chair: Christian Wolkersdorfer
12:00pm - 12:40pm	CLOSING CEREMONY Location: A1
12:40pm - 2:00pm	LUNCH Location: Main Hall
2:00pm - 8:00pm	Post-Conference Field Trip Day 1 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip

Date: Saturday, 12/July/2025
8:00am - 7:00pm	Post-Conference Field Trip Day 2 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip

Date: Sunday, 13/July/2025
8:00am - 7:00pm	Post-Conference Field Trip Day 3 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip

Date: Monday, 14/July/2025
8:00am - 5:00pm	Post-Conference Field Trip Day 4 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip

International Mine Water Association Conference

6–11 July 2025 | Braga, Portugal & Oviedo, Spain

Conference Agenda